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Adella Martha Liebenow Wotherspoon (
November 28,
1903 –
January 26,
2004) was the youngest and last living survivor of the
General Slocum ship disaster of
June 15,
1904.
Birth and siblings
Born
Adella Martha Liebenow in
Manhattan, she was the daughter of Anna Liebenow (1872-1957) and Paul Liebenow (1871-1910). She was nicknamed
Tiby Liebenow. Her siblings Anna C. Liebenow (1901-1904)and Helen Liebenow (1898-1904) died in the fire. Helen's body was never identified and is presumed buried in a mass grave. Two cousins and two aunts also perished in the fire. One of the relatives who died was Martha Liebenow (1875-1904) of 404 5th Street in Manhattan. Adella's family was listed as living at 133 East 125th Street in the official register of General Slocum deaths.
Fire aftermath
After the fire Adella was treated at Lebanon Hospital. At the dedication ceremony, she pulled the rope to release the American flag and unveil the memorial to the fire victims. After her father's death in 1910, Anna moved the family to
Watchung, New Jersey. Adella attended
Plainfield High School, then studied education at Trenton Normal School, now known as
The College of New Jersey. She taught for one year at Cleveland High School in
Cranford, New Jersey then taught business administration at
Plainfield High School from 1925 until 1961 when she retired. She married James Wotherspoon (1903-1982), but the couple had no children.
Death and burial
Adella died, aged 100, in 2004 in
Roseland, New Jersey and was cremated. She had requested a secular funeral, but this wish wasn't fulfilled. Her ashes were buried alongside her husband's at the Wilson Memorial Union Church Cemetery in
Watchung, New Jersey.
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